I'm back after two weeks! Just did my grade nine piano exam yesterday! Which is why I couldn't write. Anyways, I'm doing a Frank chapter here on Jan. 10 and another Frank on my profile. Cuz Jan. 10 is the Chinese New Years and I'm chinese canadian like Mr. Zhang! Yay! Two stories on the same day, so stay tuned!

Percy's POV

"Don't bust this place up, 'kay?" I warned Jason as we stepped into my mom's apartment. "Your older sis broke half the ceiling last time and we had to pay for it!"

The son of Jupiter grinned cockily. "Seriously? Good job, Thalia!"

I shoved him playfully, which probably would've knocked the wind out of a normal mortal. But, hey, half god isn't really normal, is it?

He just laughed. "That's all you got? Annabeth will be sooo disappointed."

I snorted. "Ya, like Piper could charm speak you to push harder."

Jason sidestepped my next nudge, which would've been fine with me, if it didn't hit Paul, a normal mortal. It just so happens that my awesome mom decided to come in through the door. Right, not-so-awesome timing.

Paul's POV

Hey! All I wanted to do was get a warm glass of water! Not my face kissing the wall! I didn't even get any warning. The only thing I heard was Percy trash talking with some other guy, probably a demigod, because Annabeth and charm speaking were mentioned. Then I got a vivid image of some voodoo women wrapped with scarves and a bamboo flute. And for some reason, pandas. Cute cuddly pandas looking up at the bamboo.

Weird, huh?

And then, all of a sudden, I found the wall disturbingly close to me, and WHAM! Oh, my poor head. Those pandas were wiped clean off my mind. Now I was thinking, 'Owww. Arrgggeeeee.'

"Oh, Hades! Jason, why did you dodge it?" A very mad, annoyed, and worried Percy whined.

I peeled my head off the wall as Sally asked, "Percy! Did you hurt him?"

"Oww," I grumbled.

A sheepish voice –Jason- laughed nervously. "Heh, whoops. Well, you were about to hit me! I did the rationally thing! I dodged it!"

"No worries, I'm okay," I said, shaking my head a few times to get the ringing out.

"Percy... what happened?" Sally demanded after tossing me the ice bag.

He told her shiftily, slowly backing up into a corner. Jason cracked a smile looking at Percy. This is the guy who's fought monsters, gods, and titans, been to Tartarus, and yet his own mother scares him more than a three headed dog about to rip you up inside out.

The boy with blond hair and familiar sky blue eyes then turned to me. "Hey. I'm Jason Grace. Sorry for, umm, not getting hit? Yeah, anyways, I'm a son of Jupiter, Zeus' roman counterpart, and Thalia's full sister."

He stuck out his hand to shake. Huh, knew I've seen those eyes somewhere. I grabbed his hand and said, "Hello, nice to meet you. I'm Paul Blofis, Percy's step dad. Thalia's last name is Grace? And these equivalents are really confusing."

Jason cocked his head. "Blowfish? That's ironic. And tell me about it. My girlfriend's Greek though. And Thalia's still Greek."

"Er, no, Blofis. And, okay, this is super sonically confusing."

He was about to reply, when Percy and Sally both yelled out in surprise. Jason whirled around with one hand rested on his strap, where I presume a sword was hanging from.

"What the Pluto?" he yelled out.

Percy said at the same time, "What the Hades?" only my step son was crushed under a human figure.

He flipped the person over with his foot and held a ruler –sword- to the victim's throat.

"Whoa, Percy. Déjà vu much?" the person choked/mumbled out.

Sally and I moved in. "Nico?"

Percy and Jason both relaxed, and helped Nico up. He rubbed his throat tenderly. "Gods, you guys. Stop using my dad as a curse!"

"Yes, well, you fell on top of me!" Percy defended himself.

"How was I supposed to know you were standing in a corner? You should really stick out of there, you know. Dark corners equal transportation for me."

Jason started to chuckle. "He was only there because he's afraid of his mom."

Sally escaped to the kitchen. Nico sniggered and yawned. "Yeah, I've seen th-th-th-that too many times."

That's about the time I followed my wife.

Nico's POV

Jeez! Can't a guy get ten feet within Percy without suffocating? I was shadow travelling from a New Orleans' graveyard to catch some food, and then all of a sudden, I ended up half asleep on my cousin's back! New Orleans to New York is twenty hours of driving! It's time for me to get food in my mouth, and crash. Yawn.

Jason's POV

Nico looked pretty worn out.

"Hey, dude, where'd you come from? China?" I asked.

He fell onto me and Percy. "With great power, comes a great need to sleep," he mumbled. And snored softly.

Percy carried him to the couch. "Whoa, Nico. Déjà vu much?" He sighed. "Well, this is just great. If he did come back from China, the first time, he said he passed out for a week."

Then Percy's mom and step dad came back. Sally, of course, rushed forth to check on Nico. After she was done, she turned to me.

"Well, Jason, I haven't seen you since December! (A/N: I know it's supposed to be set in November, but what I meant was November and on forth) Do you want to stay for lunch?"

I nodded my head. "Uh, sure. Actually, that's what Percy dragged me over here for."

He grinned. "Not quite, Sparky. If I remember correctly, you dragged yourself over here after narrowly escaping Drew."

"Crazy Asian Barbie doll (Nothing against Asians. Like I said, I'm Chinese Canadian)," I muttered.

Percy and Sally laughed. Paul raised an eyebrow and shook his finger mockingly. "Now now, this wouldn't happen to be the girlfriend you told me about, would it?"

My eyes widen in horror. Percy laughed even harder. "Dre- Drew? My g-girlfriend?! Holy Jupiter, NO!"

Percy sauntered over, draped an arm over my shoulder and imitated Paul's voice. "Now now, don't go talking like that about your girlfriend's sister, would you?"

Paul chuckled. "Why don't you tell me about this mystery girl while we eat?"

Paul's POV

Ahh, young love. Well, no, Jason looked about sixteen, so I don't suppose that young. He got a faraway look in his eyes and a half smile on his face. Almost exactly like what Percy looked like with Annabeth.

We had Sally's wonderful cooking for lunch, of course.

"... and her dad's Tristan McLean, you probably know him."

My jaw dropped. "The Tristan McLean? And a daughter of Aphrodite too? And a charm speaker?"

He smiled proudly. "Yep."

Out of nowhere, a piece of chicken flied into Jason's face.

"Juno's Peacock Feathers!" he cursed. That was an interesting curse.

"Oops," Percy giggled, which was very unlike him. "You didn't even knock it out of the air with your weird wind powers."

He sniffed. "They're not weird! And flying beats... umm... breathing underwater any day!"

"You can fly?" I asked at the same time as Percy snorted, "Yes, sure, choose my least impressive trait."

He ignored me. "I can cook up storms too! Pluto's pauldrons, you are annoying!"

Nico's voice came from the living room.

"How many times do I have to tell you? Zeus' Poop Pile (A/N: From Titan's Curse. Zeus' Fist? Looked like deer dropping from the other side? Ring a bell?),don't use my dad's name as a curse!"

"Neptune's Lucky Fishing Hat, WE DON'T CA-ARE!" Percy yelled back.

Demigods sure do have a colourful language.